Citations
1. Portuguese-language flyer on sexual education. City of Toronto’s Department of Health. Portuguese Interagency Network (PIN) fonds, 2010-038/003 (7), Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections (CTASC), York University Libraries.
2. Portuguese-language flyer on AIDS education. St. Stephen’s Community House’s Abacaxi Network. PIN fonds, 2010-038/003 (11), CTASC.
3. Portuguese-language flyer on AIDS awareness. Ministry of Health of Ontario. PIN fonds, 2010-038/003 (11), CTASC.
4. Portuguese-language flyer on seniors abuse. City of Toronto. PIN fonds, 2010-038/003 (3), CTASC.
5. From Coast to Coast: A Community in Transition, conference program, March 5-7, 1993. Domingos Marques fonds, 2010-019/002 (9), CTASC.
6. Do Atlântico ao Pacífico: Uma Comunidade em Transição, conference report, March 5-7, 1993. Domingos Marques fonds, 2010-019/002 (9), CTASC.
Founded in Toronto in 1978, the Portuguese Interagency Network (PIN) was a community-led organization that connected over 200 government and non-profit agencies and individuals that provided social and health services to Portuguese-speaking people in Ontario. Its mission was to ensure and facilitate active cooperation among its members, and provide them with professional development and support; provide referrals connecting individuals with local services; produce and promote research reports, public education, and planning projects on community needs; encouraging the exchange of information among the members; grant scholarships to youth attending post-secondary institutions; and occasional act as a community spokesperson with government officials.
PIN’s working committees included Adult Education, Child Education, Family and Community Services, Health, Special Needs, and Seniors; along with the project-based committees “Ready or Not,” “Youth Committee,” “Lusophone,” and “Employment Equity.” PIN also participated in the development of the Kensington Clinic, Portuguese Mental Health Clinic, Downtown Employment Services, Portuguese Family Crisis Centre, Access Alliance Multicultural Health Centre, Bradford Immigrant Community Services, and the Portuguese Canadian National Congress (PCNC).
In 1991, PIN partnered with the Aliança de Clubes e Associações Portuguesas do Ontário (ACAPO), the Federation of Portuguese Canadian Business and Professionals (FPCBP), the Canada-Portugal Chamber of Commerce, and the University of Toronto Portuguese Student Association to organized a national gathering of Portuguese organizations. Titled “From Coast to Coast: A Community in Transition,” the 1993 conference in Ottawa gathered 300 delegates from across the country, who discussed social, economic, and political issues affecting Portuguese-Canadians nationwide, and founded the PCNC.
Despite being severely affected by the spending cuts of Premier Mike Harris’ provincial government in the late 1990s, PIN would survive until 2009.
Place of origin:
Toronto, Ontario
Date: 1978-1990s
Archived at:
Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University Libraries
Fonds: F057
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